P'town senior complex to grow

The only residential condominium and nursing care complex for seniors in the Cape's four outermost towns will add 38 more residences during a one-year construction project starting in February.

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By MARY ANN BRAGG

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By MARY ANN BRAGG

Posted Dec. 29, 2012 at 2:00 AM

By MARY ANN BRAGG
Posted Dec. 29, 2012 at 2:00 AM

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PROVINCETOWN — The only residential condominium and nursing care complex for seniors in the Cape's four outermost towns will add 38 more residences during a one-year construction project starting in February.

Seashore Point, a nonprofit organization associated with Deaconess Abundant Life Communities in Concord, opened in 2008 as a replacement for the financially struggling and town-owned Cape End Manor nursing home.

The complex at 100 Alden St. has 43 condominiums and a 41-bed nursing care unit, along with outpatient speech, physical and occupational therapy services for all adults.

The expansion was delayed from 2009 because of slow sales of the housing units, executive director Kevin Comick said in 2009.

Now, the existing condominiums are about 80 percent occupied, and there are deposits on 16 units of new construction, Comick said Friday.

Interest in the new units comes, so far, primarily from younger seniors who want the option of adding services as they age.

All the people making reservations for the new construction are between 55 and 68, according to Sharon Buehrle, vice president of sales and marketing for Deaconess Abundant Life Communities.

"They are considering this to be their second home, or looking at this as an investment in their future," Buehrle said in an email Friday.

The minimum age to move into Seashore Point is 55, Comick said.

In turn, the nonprofit is adjusting its services to match younger seniors' needs by splitting up the traditional pay-for-every-service monthly fee into groups of services that can be purchased whenw needed, Comick said.

A new one-bedroom unit starts at $360,000 and has a starting monthly fee of under $700.

That includes all utilities (except cable), trash removal, snow removal and lawn care, 24-hour security, a post office box, a heated storage unit and building insurance.

Owners can also purchase off-street parking, use of a fitness center, use of the dining room, regular nurse consultations, weekly blood pressure tests, meal delivery and other services.

"It's an active adult community now," Comick said. "It's structured much more like a condominium."